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Speakers
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Judge George Eskin (Ret.) | Judge George Eskin (Ret.) spent the early part of his career as a prosecutor for Ventura County, California. He was later the Chief Assistant City Attorney for Los Angeles from 1976 until 1981 and a Superior Court Judge for the County of Santa Barbara from 2003 to 2013. |
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Inspector Conor King | Inspector Conor King began his law enforcement career in 1995 as an officer with the British Columbia Sheriff’s Service. In 1997, he joined the West Vancouver Police Department where he worked patrol assignments. |
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Jake Lilly, Deputy District Attorney (Fmr.) | Jake Lilly is an Assistant District Attorney, Iraq war veteran, and trial attorney based in Jefferson County, Colorado. During his time in the U.S.Army, Lilly was a member of the Judge Advocate Generals Corp and the 3rd Infantry Division based in Baghdad, Iraq. |
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Sheriff Joe Pelle | Joe Pelle began his law enforcement career in 1980 as an officer in the Boulder County Sheriff’s Department in Colorado. In 1984, he transferred to the Boulder Police Department and spent 19 years serving as a patrol officer, detective sergeant, field training officer, and Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) commander. |
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Captain Corey Pass | Captain Corey Pass began his law enforcement career in 1988 as a patrol officer with the University of Northern Colorado Police. In 1991, He joined the Estes Park Police and held positions including field training supervisor, investigations corporal, patrol sergeant, and professional standards sergeant. |
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Deputy District Attorney Lisel Petis (Fmr.) | Lisel Petis began her career as a Deputy District Attorney in theWeld County’s District Attorney’s Office in 2012. During her time as a Deputy District Attorney, she participated in and litigated intimate partner violence and unlawful sexual contact cases. |
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Ann Toney, Assistant District Attorney (Fmr.) | Ann Toney has been practicing law since 1984 and spent half her career as a prosecutor. She first served as an Assistant District Attorney in North Carolina, handling felony cases including homicide, drugs, sex offenses, and violent crimes, and then became a prosecutor in Guam, where she prosecuted felony sex crimes exclusively. |
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Chief Paul Pazen (Ret.) | Chief Paul Pazen (Ret.) began his law enforcement career in 1995 with the Denver Police Department in Colorado. He rose through the ranks over 23 years, serving as a patrol officer, investigator, lieutenant, and commander. |
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Sheriff Joe Disalvo (Fmr.) | Joe Disalvo began his law enforcement career in 1985 as a patrol officer for the Aspen Police Department. Disalvo later joined the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office and moved through the ranks from Investigator, Director of Investigations, and Deputy Sheriff. |
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Titus Peterson, Lead Felony Prosecutor (Fmr.) | Titus Peterson served as a prosecutor for five years in the Colorado Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, under the Honorable Peter F. Michaelson. He began as a deputy district attorney and was eventually promoted to lead felony attorney for Clear Creek County, where he prosecuted all drug-related felonies as well as violent crimes. |
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